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Reid, Robert Lovell (Bob) (1921 - 1996)

FASAP, FAIAS, FRSE

Agricultural scientist

Born: 11 April 1921 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Died: 23 September 1996 Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.

Robert Lovell (Bob) Reid was Founding and Emeritus Professor of Agriculture at La Trobe University in Bundoora, Victoria. Prior to this he was Associate Director then Director of the Hill Farming Research Organisation in Scotland. Reid was one of Australia's outstanding agricultural scientists and a Fellow of the Australian Society of Animal Production (FASAP), the Australian Institute of Agricultural Science (FAIAS) and the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE).

Career Highlights

Chronology
1944 Bachelor of Science with Honours (BSc (Hons)) completed at the University of Sydney
1944 - 1946 Research Officer at CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) Division of Animal Health and Production and Animal Physiology
c. 1946 - c. 1949 Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at King's College, Cambridge, UK
1949 - 1958 Lecturer in Animal Nutrition at the University of Sydney
1963 Australian Medal of Agricultural Science received
1964 - c. 1970 Associate Director then Director of the Hill Farming Research Organisation in Scotland
1967 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE)
1968 - 1979 Foundation Professor of Agriculture at La Trobe University in Bundoora, Victoria
c. 1972 - 1979 Dean of Agriculture at La Trobe University
1978 Fellow of the Australian Society of Animal Production (FASAP)
1980 Fellow of the Australian Institute of Agricultural Science (FAIAS)

Online Sources

Cunningham, J. M. M., 'Robert Lovell Reid', The Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1999, http://www.royalsoced.org.uk/fellowship/obits/1999.pdf. [ Details ]

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Prepared by: McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993
Modified: 8 February 2006

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